Flash, the premiere platform for presenting audio and video on the web, turns 10 years old Tuesday. Over the last decade, the technology has grown from a simple sketch tool to a near-ubiquitous rich media application used by sites like MySpace.com, YouTube and Google Video to stream millions of video and audio files a day.
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